Video monitor lift-out extraction mechanism for video game cabinets
CA 2132084 C · Owner: Rothschild, Wayne H. · Inventors: Sternal, Andrew Z.; Rothschild, Wayne H.; Stringfellow, William J.
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The video game machine of the invention consists of a space located in the game cabinet for receiving the video monitor where a support plate is located on either side of the space and where each support plate includes a pair of tracks. The video monitor is provided with lugs extending from the sides of the monitors that face the support plates. The lugs engage the tracks such that the video monitor is supported and can be lowered into the cabinet gradually. A blind mating connector connects the video monitor to the logic for controlling the game. -17-
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- Filed September 14, 1994 and granted April 30, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 14, 2014.
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